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25 U.S.C. § 410 — Moneys from lease or sale of trust lands not liable for certain debts

submitted 120 years ago by ch. 3504 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 63 words · no verdicts yet

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This law protects money an Indian earns from leasing or selling trust land. Creditors cannot take that money to pay debts unless the Secretary of the Interior approves.

Money that comes from leasing or selling land the United States holds in trust for an Indian cannot be taken to pay any debt or claim against that Indian. This protection covers debts made or arising during the trust period, or, if the Indian is a minor, during their minority. The only exception is if the Secretary of the Interior approves and consents to the money being used that way.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

No money accruing from any lease or sale of lands held in trust by the United States for any Indian shall become liable for the payment of any debt of, or claim against, such Indian contracted or arising during such trust period, or, in case of a minor, during his minority, except with the approval and consent of the Secretary of the Interior.

Source credit: (June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 327.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1906Enacted · Act of June 21, 1906, ch. 3504 · 34 Stat. 327

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 3504 on 1906-06-21.

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